Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.
One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
No one's more important than people.
Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.
I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.